Do you like your name?

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I've always hated my name, it's Kelsey. I think it's pretty ugly, a bit 90's chav, and I hate saying it, I don't what I'd prefer I just don't like it, does anyone else hate theirs?

Dull not full! 😂

Mine's of a similar style - often recommended as an elegant or 'posh' name on MN. I really hated it as a child, it just seemed so adult and uncool, but love it now.

It probably helps that I've never been cool 😂

Love mine. Very popular in 70s, uncommon now. Reasonably short, easy to spell.

Yes. There’s no name I’d rather have.

@CremeEggThief
I have one of those, born 1979, went to 3 different infant/ primary schools, 2 senior schools, a 6th form college then 2 Universities, never another same name, now they are everywhere!

Couldn't stand my name as a kid. I was shy and it was unusual and made me stand out.
Now I guess I don't mind it.
My Sunday name is Rowena. Most people call me Row.
My brother lucked out with Darrell.

I will almost bet we have the same first name! I also wanted to be called Star, but at 15!

@SardinesOnGingerbread ...well as adults we can change our names. We could be the Stars of the nursing home!

Sorry, I really like that name too!

I’ve always loved my name, it’s not uncommon (more common now) but I have always been the only one with the name throughout my time at school in the 80s and college in the 90s and workplace. Timeless classic, I’d say, with plenty of opportunities for shortened versions (it’s the name of the spider in the children’s book). There’s no other name I’d rather have.

I neither like nor dislike it. There are lots of names a don't like, so I'm grateful I'm not called any of those, and there aren't many names that I really really love so things could be worse!

It's a boring bog standard 80's name. It's fine I don't hate it but it's meh. Think along the lines of Laura, Nicola,
Emma.

I love my name, both first and surname. My middle name is very of it's time (70s) and a bit naff. However, I live in Spain and my first name is still used at all ages, so I've met many. My middle name sounds lovely in Spanish. And luckily they can pronounce my surname easier that English speakers. So, all-in-all I got very lucky!

My name's a classic, popular in the 70s, but making a comeback. It's biblical, which helps.

I was born mid 70's and had 2 Abigails in my class at primary school.

As a child I always wanted to be called Abigail! I have no idea why or where I even heard the name.
I used to hate my name. For a while as a child I tried to go by both my first and middle name (I thought the two together made me sound more interesting) but since my first name has 3 syllables it was never going to work. Now I'm basically indifferent to my name. I still don't like it but don't actively hate it either. It just kind of is.

Ruth

Well, my parents did the weirdest thing in the world when they named me in 1971.

They called me Lily Grace

So yes, I have the same name, in my 50s, as all the 3 year olds round here

I love mine. Only ever met one other person with the same name, think 80s American soap

Yes I love my name. My parents chose me a good one. It's one of the names that doesn't immediately date me to being born in a particular decade. Has been used in the royal family yet has never made it near the top of any baby name list and I've only ever met a few over the years.

I do but I chose it myself

I hate mine. It always seemed old-fashioned even when I was a child in the 70s. There are various spellings and no one spells it correctly, or they assume it's a shortened version of another name, which add to my loathing of it!

I don’t like my name. The long version is ok but it’s a bit of a mouthful and everyone shortens it without asking.

I've also been told I "look like" my name. I used to dislike it but since losing my darling mum, who chose it, I've grown to love it as, for a couple of reasons, it's a link to her.

As my user name suggests, it's Caroline. It's actually hyphenated with another classic and v. traditional name but I dropped the hyphen long ago. Am only ever called by it when I'm in trouble or my brother is trying to wind me up.

Growing up, I thought Caroline was boring and longed to be named something more exciting. (Funnily enough, Nigella Lawson always longed to be called Caroline.) Have grown into the name and it really suits me.

I like mine